nebulosity

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nebulosity - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Nebulosity \Neb`u*los"i*ty\, n. [L. nebulositas: cf. F.
     n['e]bulosit['e]]
     1. The state or quality of being nebulous; cloudiness;
        haziness; mistiness; nebulousness.
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              The nebulosity . . . of the mother idiom. --I.
                                                    Disraeli.
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     2. (Astron.)
        (a) The stuff of which a nebula is formed.
        (b) A nebula.
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